About the Project

The City of St. John’s is developing Neighbourhood Plans for the Central and Mundy Pond Neighbourhoods. These plans will guide future redevelopment and improvements in the area – from the types of uses and the shape of buildings, to streets and park upgrades. Two phases of engagement are included in the planning process to ensure that the needs and desires of the people who live, work, and play there are incorporated in the Neighbourhood Plans.

The Central neighbourhood’s boundary follows Freshwater Road, LeMarchant Road, Patrick Street, Water Street, Shaw Street and Cashin Avenue.

The Mundy Pond neighbourhood is centred around the physical pond and extends north to Wishingwell Park, primarily bounded by Columbus Drive, Freshwater Road, Cashin Avenue and Blackmarsh Road in St. John’s west end.

Phase 2 Engagement is focused on the draft vision and neighbourhood strategies, which were developed from technical analyses and the feedback received in Phase 1. The vision reflects the overall intent for the future of the neighbourhood. The Neighbourhood Strategy is a visual summary of the key changes proposed for the Neighbourhood to achieve the vision.

VISION

The proposed vision for the Central and Mundy Pond Neighbourhoods is:

Central and Mundy Pond are two distinct neighbourhoods that sit on a transition point between Downtown and St. John’s’ western suburbs. These neighbourhoods are home to a diverse mix of residents who will continue to foster and enjoy the strong sense of community, access to recreation facilities, and amenities that make Central and Mundy Pond great places to call home. This area will be further improved by investments in active transportation infrastructure, housing choice, parks, trails, and other services that will positively contribute to the well-being of all residents.

NEIGHBOURHOOD STRATEGIES:

The key neighbourhood strategies are:

1. Intensification Areas: Enable more street-oriented mixed residential, commercial, and institutional redevelopment at the former Canada Revenue Agency tax centre, Ropewalk Lane, and former Booth Memorial High School site, with supporting mobility improvements.

2 & 3. LeMarchant Road
Define a neighbourhood centre that supports a mix of commercial, service, and community-oriented uses while enabling supportive residential development around this core. Support this neighbourhood centre by allowing higher intensity mixed-use development along LeMarchant Road to help accelerate the ongoing commercial renewal throughout Central.

Enhance two mixed-use activity centres: the Cookstown Road commercial cluster as a key gateway between Central and Downtown, and continued commercial development along Water Street West.

5. Office/Industrial Activity Centres

Enable existing businesses and office buildings to renew, redevelop, or intensify their sites with new forms of development that continue to support primarily employment and commercial uses.

6. Parks, Open Spaces, & Community Places

As density increases, parks investment must be reviewed to determine how parks and open spaces can improved to support redevelopment and intensification projects.

7. Mobility Improvements

Develop new active transportation connections to improve access between neighbourhood destinations including Ropewalk Lane and the H.G.R. Mews Community Centre to other community amenities as well as to Downtown.

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Help us plan the future of Rennie's River, Central and Mundy Pond neighbourhoods!

The City of St. John’s is creating a Neighbourhood Plan for your community. These plans will guide future redevelopment and improvements in the area – from the types of uses and the shape of buildings, to streets and park upgrades.

Provide feedback using the map tool to tell us about important places, connections, and active transportation in your neighbourhood.

This phase of engagement is open from August 26 to September 28, 2025.

The feedback we hear will help inform how future redevelopment and improvements are prioritized in the Neighbourhood Plans.